Alan Pardew Is Too Isolated At Newcastle

Written by Dr. Ed Harrison

12:12pm Sunday, March 9th, 2014

Commented 27 times

The Mirror has a report out today that is saying that Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has told his manager he is safe from the sack and that Ashley will continue to back him as manager, and he will soon appoint a new Managing Director to take the weight off Alan a bit, since he seems too isolated at the club.

Alan Pardew – help on the way – a new Managing Director Alan is the club’s sole face to the media, and he often has to answer questions on things he is not responsible for – like the financial side of things and the transfers.

This comes in the wake of Alan getting a £100K fine and a formal warning from the Newcastle owner a short eight days ago, after his headbutt of Hill City player Davide Meyler.

Joe Kinnear was fired in early February, following another disastrous transfer window, and Joe in truth was simply a complete disaster in his eight months as Director of Football on Tyneside.

Mike wants to appoint a person who is a good negotiator in Newcastle’s transfer dealings, and we have to think this has come up because Joe Kinnear was probably completely hopeless at negotiating.

We hope Ashley will appoint a football man to work with Alan Pardew, although that’s one reason he said he appointed Joe Kinnear last summer, but it will help if the Managing Director has experience in football, so he can converse on football matters with the manager.

And the news is that Derek LLambias will not be making a return to Newcastle.

It’s a pity Les Ferdinand is busy helping Tim Sherwood at Spurs, because Les would be very good as a Managing Director or Director of Football, and it’s always good if he has previous ties with Newcastle.

That’s unless your name is Joe Kinnear of course.

With so much transfer business to get done this summer, with players both coming and going, the earlier a Managing Director is appointed , the better it will be for everyone concerned.

27 comments so far

a good negotiator is one aspect but surely a football man with a proven record of sorting out and getting a clubs youth system up and running would be just as key

we had news yest that a new kid was joining us and that was after he had met with the fat man and beardo

I find it a little odd the fat man being involved in the signing of a 16 year old unless he is a talent and they had concerns that that only the fat man could guarantee would be sorted its certainly not the actions of a man planning to sell the club being involved in signing kids but I bet its just his god kid or somin 🙂

We all know AP gets hung out to dry, having to explain why we did not land this target or that target, he has to try and negotiate the media on MA`S latest bomb throwing s and back them up, so i think there does need to be someone in between MA and APO to alleviate the pressure on AP, certainly don’t always agree with AP`s set ups regarding his team or his famous excuse makings, but the pressure he must be under at times must be immense.

I like the bit where the fat controller needs a better negotiator . He wont have to negotiate much if our last years transfer policy is anything to go by Rex- you can keep welbeck mate. I think there is better CF out there for Nufc

With Ashley in charge there will always be a glass ceiling as to what we can achieve.

We will forever be in a state of squad building, as we will move on our better players and replace them with cheaper alternatives.

To build a squad you need to do what Everton have done in recent years. Hang on to your best building blocks – whatever the price – and build around them. Every so often an offer to buy one of your better players comes in and is too good to refuse you can then sell so long as that money is reinvested into the squad.

You also appoint a manager that can get the best from the players purchased.

At Newcastle United, everything, from the coaching staff, to the manager, to the playing staff is all geared towards maximising output while minimising input.

We are but a money making machine for the malevolent Mike Ashley, not a football club as fans would define it.

@8. Mag you are the most repetitive blogger in the country, if not in the universe, with your never ending “sack Pardew” refrain. For goodness sake man come up with something original once in a while, and while you’re at it, try to get your facts right ! Alan Pardew is not a cockney,as he was born in Wimbledon, south west London. Cockneys are born in east London.

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